Coast Guard Cutter Bear to return to homeport after Caribbean patrol

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard Cutter Bear is scheduled to return right here Sunday following a 43-day patrol in the Caribbean.

The Bear, underneath course of Joint Inter-Company Job Force-South, patrolled the central and western Caribbean Sea and helped stem the flow of illicit contraband.

Highlights of the patrol included the pursuit of a speedboat on May possibly 13, which lasted far more than four hours until finally the speedboat ran out of fuel. The chase assisted a Honduran naval vessel crew in the capture of the speedboat. Roughly 800 kilograms of cocaine had been recovered from the boat.

The identical day, the Bear rendezvoused with the Coast Guard Cutter Campbell. The Campbell crew transferred the custody of a fishing vessel carrying much more than 600 kilograms of cocaine to the Bear crew. The Nicaraguan Coast Guard later on took custody of the fishing vessel.

Throughout the patrol, the Bear&amprsquos crew also represented the United States during the tri-annual Curacao Maritime Days alongside Columbian, Dutch, French, and Mexican Coast Guard and Navy ships. The Curacao Maritime Days consisted of aerial and waterborne demonstrations, tours of the ten participating ships and numerous static displays. The Bear crew supplied tours to much more than 5,000 citizens and travelers of Curacao. The tours incorporated discussions and demonstrations of the Coast Guard&amprsquos history, missions and abilities.

All through the patrol, the crew carried out much more than a hundred and fifty helicopter evolutions, live-fire gunnery workouts and a lot more than 40 other drills for coaching.

The Bear is a 270-foot Medium Endurance Renowned Class Cutter.

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